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The subject OF the sermon wsss
"Ihe Prime Minister"
Dr. Talmage said: You Eau not keep
.<ood ,na,y1 0oun. God has decreed
Coz him ,.>certain elevation to which
he r.ust attain. He will bring him
through though IL cost him thousand
worlds. There are men constantly in
trouble les; they shall not be appre-
ciateG Every man comes In the end
10 be valued NJ just what he is worth.
How often yvu see men turn out all
their frcrs 70 crush one man or set
Of men. How do they succeedy No
better than did the government that
tried 20 crush Joseph. a scripture char
Rcter upon which We speak to-day.
II would be an insult 10 suppose that
you were not all familiar with the life
of Joseph: how his jealous brothers
threw him into the pit, but, seeing a
caravan Cf Arabian merchants moving
along on their camels with spices and
gums that loaded the air with aroma,
sold their brother TO these merchants.
who carried him down into Egypt;
how Joseph was sold 20 potlphar,
man OF influence and Office; how by
his integrity he raised himself TO high
position in the realm, until under the
false charge OF "a vile wretch he was
hurled into the penitentiary; how In
prison he commanded respect and con.
iidence; how by the Interpretation of
pharaoh's dream he was freed and
became the chief man in government,
the Bismarck of the nation; how in
Time of famine Joseph had the control
of store house which he had filled
during the seven years OF plenty; how,
when his brothers who had thrown
him into the pit and sold him into
captivity applied for corn, he sent
them home with their beasts borne
down under the heft OF the corn sacks;
how the sin against their brother
which had SO long been hidden came
out at last and was returned by that
Brothers forgiveness and kindness, an
illustrious triumph OF Christian prln-
ciple.
Learn from this story, in the FIST
place. that the world is compelled To
honor Christian character. Potiphar
was only man of the world. yet Jo-
scph rose in his estimation until all the
affairs OF that great house were com.
mitted 10 his charge. From this ser
want no honors or condolences were
withheld. When Joseph was In prison
he soon won the heart of the keeper,
and, though placed there for being Il
scoundrel, he soon convinced the
jailer that he was an innocent and
trustworthy man, and. released from
close confinement, he became "a general
superintendent OF prison affairs.
Wherever ,loseph was placed whether
servant in the house OF Potiphar or
a prisoner IN the penitentiary-he be
came the first man everywhere, and Is
an Illustration of the truth lay down,
that the world Is compelled TO honor
Christian character.
There are those who affect TO des-
pise a religious life. They speak of IL
aU system of phlebotomy, by which
man Is bled Of all his courage and
nobility. They say he has bemeaned
himself. They pretend TO have no
more confidence in him since his con
version than before his conversion.
But all that Is hypocrisy. IL Is impos-
sible for any man not TO admire and
conilde in Christian who shows that
he has rea ly become child of God
and is what he processes To be. You
can not despise son or daughter Of
the Lord God Almighty. OF course
half and half religious character wins
no appreciation. liedwald. the King
of the ~axons, after Christian baptism
had two altars--one for the worship
OF God and the other for the sacrifice
of devils. You may have contempt
for such men. for mere pretention Of
religion. bur when you behold the ex-
cellency OF Jesus Christ come out in
the life of one OF his disciples, all that
there Is good and noble In your soul
rises up into admiration. Though
that Christian be us far beneath you
In estate ~ the Egyptian slave OF
whom we are discussing, by an irrev-
ocable law of our nature Potiphar and
Pharaoh will always esteem Joseph.
Chrysostom. when threatened with
death by Nudoxla. the Empress, sent
word TO her. saying: 100 tell her that
fear nothing but sim Such nobility
Of character will always be applauded
There was something in Agrippa and
Felix which demanded their respect
for Paul, the rebel against government
| doubt not that they Would willingly
have yielded their office and dignity
for the thnuea ndth mart NJ that frno